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Project Cost Control for Heavy and Highway Contractors
Posted: December 6, 2016 | Blog
Heavy/highway contractors frequently depend on pay items to judge the progress of their projects. However, that may only be part of the picture. To be complete and effective, a construction job should be subdivided into paid and non-paid items—or direct and indirect costs, as they are sometimes labeled.
Seven Ways to Prepare for Construction Surprises
Posted: November 29, 2016 | Blog
Was there ever a construction project that went exactly as planned?
Sharpen Maintenance Estimates: Knowing How to See
Posted: November 22, 2016 | Blog
Planning and estimating maintenance jobs includes requires consideration of all the material, labor and supervision that are required needednecessary to complete a safe, high-quality, and complete thorough job.
Designing to a Budget
Posted: November 15, 2016 | Blog
Owners keep the design on budget by working with their architects
A Takeoff Is a Takeoff – or Is It?
Posted: November 4, 2016 | Blog
A project might seem like a sequential process: owner seeks desired result; architect designs blueprints based off the desire; blueprints are converted into plans; quantitative measurements are done against the plans; estimate is submitted; bid is won; project is built. It’s pretty simple, right? No, not exactly.